Associations to the word «Hephaistos»

Wiktionary

HEPHAISTOS, proper noun. (chiefly academic) Alternative spelling of Hephaestus

Dictionary definition

HEPHAISTOS, noun. (Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats